Example sentences of "[be] [det] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not yet have the exact date but I expect it will be some time during March or April — more likely April . |
| 2 | Early in October , with the exact date of the premiere not vet set , but intended to be some time between 25 November and 10 December , John wrote again to Hanns : ‘ Million sorries for not writing sooner , but I was waiting for ( a ) Thursday , the official scrutinization of my ballet to see if it definitely would go on , and ( b ) Friday , the first night of Miss Howes 's show . |
| 3 | If they were uninhabited , they would be settled of course , but it would be some time before the Kha-Khan 's tenth was repaid . |
| 4 | It will be some time before that 's clear at all . |
| 5 | Usually a certain amount of trade credit will be given so that payment will be some time after delivery of goods or services . |
| 6 | Mr Grimstone stressed that the perks would only be available to those who registered their interest in advance , with the cut-off date likely to be some time in mid-November . |
| 7 | This is likely to be some time in October . |
| 8 | However , in a game which is notoriously tardy at accepting scientific method and new technology , the widespread application of findings by the Alsager team could be some time in coming . |
| 9 | Yes , I mean you could put it in the minutes , but also it would be quick at the next meeting of this sub-committee is after the election , it 'll be some time in June , so a quick way of dealing with it would be to put it in the bulletin , yes , but also , but I 'll put it in the minutes , as well . |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't look so wistful — there will be another time for Bamburgh , ’ he said quietly , and she wondered why he was talking as if they had a future together . |
| 11 | This has still been an experience erm there might be another time in the future . |
| 12 | The trip will undoubtedly be a learning experience for both Love and the players , and there wo n't be much time for acclimatisation as the Scots , who arrive at their base in Cape Town tomorrow will play the first of their eight matches on Tuesday . |
| 13 | The more rapid the fall in base level the greater will be the migration of the shoreline , as there will be less time for marine erosion to act and push the shoreline back towards the land during the fall . |
| 14 | Whether there will be enough time at the Maastricht summit to discuss those matters as well remains to be seen . |
| 15 | In such a universe , in which the expansion was accelerated by a cosmological constant rather than slowed down by the gravitational attraction of matter , there would be enough time for light to travel from one region to another in the early universe . |
| 16 | Course manager Ian Duff has put the starting time back from 2.30pm in the hope of boosting the attendance and he pointed out : ‘ With the televised football not starting until after 7.00pm there should be enough time for people to leave their offices , go racing and come home to watch the soccer . ’ |
| 17 | The head of the Deutsche Bundespost Telekom , Helmut Ricke , urged the government and opposition to strike a deal in crucial talks next week on the privatisation of the state-owned concern , Reuter reports from Bonn : the talks between the government and the Social Democratic opposition are due to resume May 14 : politicians on both sides of the debate , which resumed last month , agree a decision must be reached before the Bundestag 's summer recess on July 3 or there wo n't be enough time in the legislative calendar to pass the bill before next year 's parliamentary elections ; TeleKom finance director Joachim Kroeske complained to the Wall Street Jorunal that ‘ We have an organisation more like a bureaucracy than a real company — we have civil servants with lifetime employment , high pensions and salaries that correspond to the length of service and how many children they have . ’ |
| 18 | The gun was a genuine late-Victorian revolver ( another anachronism in a film so full of them that its period could be any time between 1700 and 1900 ) . |